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Cord Blood Donations accepted at St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester.

Cord Blood Aware Cord Blood Donation 1 Comment Jun 10, 2014

Women in the North West of England can now donate their baby’s umbilical cord blood and placentas at the first donation facility of its kind in the region. St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester has been chosen by Anthony Nolan to collect the donations as they roll out their cord blood donation programme. Previously, cord blood collection(…)

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Understanding Cell Potency

Cord Blood Aware Cell Potency, Haematopoietic Stem Cells, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Multipotent Stem Cells, Pluripotent stem cells 0 Comment Jun 9, 2014

Cell potency refers to how specialised a cell is and its ability to differentiate; create other cell types. At the moment of conception, a stem cell is made. This stem cell has the ability to divide to create more cells and these cells differentiate and become more and more specialised as the germ layers are(…)

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REASONS TO SAVE YOUR CHILD’S CORD BLOOD

1. The stem cells found in cord blood have been used in over 30,000 transplants worldwide including treatments for life-threatening conditions such as Leukaemia, Neuroblastoma & Lymphoma

2. Stem cells in cord blood are being used to treat children with Cerebral Palsy – trials and studies have published promising results for this otherwise incurable condition

3. It is currently estimated that 1 in 3 people will benefit from therapy using family banked cord blood stem cells in their lifetime

4. Stem cells in umbilical cord blood CAN and DO save lives